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CORONATION To the south of the western gateway is the tomb of Qutb Sahib. was meant for the grave of Bahadur Shah Zafar, who was however PARK It is a simple structure enclosed by wooden railings. The marble exiled after the Mutiny and died in Burma. balustrade surrounding the tomb was added in 1882. The rear wall To the north-east of the palace enclosure lies an exquisite mosque, Phoolwalon was added by Fariduddin Ganj-e-Shakar as a place of prayer. The the Moti Masjid, built in white marble by Bahadur Shah I in the early western wall is decorated with coloured fl oral tiles added by the eighteenth century as a private mosque for the royal family and can be Delhi Metro Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. approached from the palace dalan as well as from the Dargah Complex. Route 6 ki Sair The screens and the corner gateways in the Dargah Complex were Civil Ho Ho Bus Route built by the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar. The mosque of Qutb Lines Heritage Route Sahib, built in mid-sixteenth century by Islam Shah Suri, was later QUTBUDDIN BAKHTIYAR KAKI DARGAH AND ZAFAR added on to by Farrukhsiyar. MAHAL COMPLEX The Dargah of Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki continues to be a sacred place for the pilgrims of different religions. Every week on Thursday 5 SHAHJAHANABAD Red Fort and Friday qawwali is also performed in the dargah. 5. ZAFAR MAHAL COMPLEX 6 Kotla 9 Connaught Firoz Shah Adjacent to the western gate of the Dargah of Place Jantar Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, this complex Mantar 2 7 8 NEW DELHI has various structures built in 3 Route 5 1 Rashtrapati the eighteenth and nineteenth 4 Bhavan Purana century. Zafar Mahal was the 10 Back entrance Route 7 Qila last palace built during the fi nal A Dargah to Dargah years of the Mughal era, by NIZAMUDDIN 11 17 Lodi Route 4 Humayun’s D 15 Garden Akbar Shah II (early nineteenth G Tomb 16 Palace Complex 13 Safdarjung’s century). Patterned on the late F Tomb Mughal confi guration of spaces, with 12 14 18 19 SAFDARJUNG B E a sequence of dalans (colonnaded verandahs)and rooms C 20 24 around courts, it is a lofty, three-storeyed, brick and grey stone 23 Route 3 structure, decorated with plaster, red sandstone, and marble. Its Hauz Khas 21 22 Hathi Gate was built by Bahadur Shah Zafar II (mid-nineteenth century) to allow the entry of elephants. Siri A two-storied dalan leads further south to the palace buildings SULTAN GHARI Jahanpanah beyond and the thirteenth-century tomb of Alauddin, nephew of Chirag A. Zafar Mahal 10. Grave of Khwaja Abdul Aziz Bastami Dilli Iltutmish. Facing the Hathi Gate is a two-storied European style B. Remains of an Arcade (19th or 20thC) Khirki 11. Shrine of Qutb Sahib (19th and Route 1 building (nineteenth century), characterized by painted pilasters C. Tomb (13thC) TUGHLAQABAD 20thC) Qutb MEHRAULI D. European Style Building (19thC) Mehrauli Village Minar on the exterior and a 12. Gateways and Screen (1710s) E. Dalan (19thC) 13. Grave of Maulana Fakhruddin Route 2 fi replace within. F. Grave of Bahadur Shah I (19thC) Mehrauli To the north of (1807) Archaeological Park G. Moti Masjid (18thC) 14. Graves of Sheikh Nizamuddin the various dalans, lie Abulmoiyad and his mother (13thC) the graves of Shah 1. Mosque (19thC) 15. Qutb Sahib’s Mosque (16thC) Alam I, Shah Alam 2. Mughal Tomb 16. Grave of Bibi Hambal 3. Grave of Murad Bakht 17. Langar II, Akbar Shah II 4. Western gateway to Dargah (1707) 18. Modern Minar SPONSOR Created by and Mirza Fakhru, 5. Dargah and Mazar of Saika Baba 19. Baoli (1846) enclosed within an (16thC) 20. Mazar of Hazrat Qazi Hameeduddin exquisitely carved 6. Grave enclosure of Nawab of Jhajjar Nagauri (18thC) (19thC) 21. Mosque (1785) marble screen. 7. Grave enclosure of Mu’atmad Khan 22. Grave enclosure of Nawabs of According to (17thC) Loharu (1802) INTACH 8. Mosque (15thC) poular myth, the 23. Graves of Zabtah Khan and his wife This publication has been made possible Delhi Chapter 9. Gateway to Northern Courtyard (18thC) by World Monuments Fund’s Sustainable space left empty (18thC) 24. Majlis Khana (18thC) Tourism Initiative, sponsored by American Express. Phoolwalon ki Sair.indd 1 27/07/12 1:21 PM 1. HAUZ-E-SHAMSI hoolwalon ki Sair, also known as Sair-e-Gul 3. JHARNA Legend has it that Shamsuddin Iltutmish, the second Slave ruler of PFaroshan, has now evolved into an annual The name Jharna literally means the Delhi Sultanate had the hauz (tank) built in AD 1230, at a spot three-day celebration. The tradition was started ‘waterfall’, and was for a long shown to him by Prophet Mohammad in a dream. A domed pavilion by Begum Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of the time, just an overfl ow from supported on twelve carved red sandstone pillars was constructed Mughal emperor Akbar Shah II. The begum the Hauz-e-Shamsi during the in the middle of the hauz, in 1311, to mark what was believed to be pledged that if her son Mirza Jahangir was monsoon. The cascade was the hoofprint of the Prophet’s horse. Today the tank is smaller than integrted into a char bagh (square before and the pavilion sits on the tank’s western bank. released from British custody, she would offer Mughal garden)during the late Hauz-e-Shamsi provided water to the settlement in and around a chaadar (blanket) of fl owers at the Dargah Mughal period. Lal Kot, which was at that time the capital city. Its strategic location of Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki at Mehrauli. When Located to the south of the enabled the collection of rainwater from surface run off. The water her wish was granted in 1811, the entire Mughal court Jahaz Mahal and the Hauz-e- of the hauz has always been considered sacred and the graves of many went with her from Shahjahanabad to Mehrauli. A delicately woven fl oral Shamsi, the Jharna garden complex has two gateways, one to the Muslim saints and mosques are found around it. To the north-east north and the other to the east. There are several structures in the chaadar was offered at the shrine of Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. An of Hauz-e-Shamsi is the Auliya Masjid, one of the earliest mosques garden. Around 1700, Nawab Ghaziuddin Khan Feroz Jang built a in Delhi where the Sufi saints Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and enthusiastic fl ower seller added a large fl oral pankha (fan), which was hung pavilion or baradari which was rectangular in plan and the façade had Muinuddin Chishti are believed to have prayed. from the ceiling of the dargah (shrine). In order to enable the Hindus in the three cusped arches. The cascade of water was designed to fall behind congregation to be part of the celebrations, it was decided to offer the pankha the baradari and fl ow into the tank, which is linked by a channel of at the nearbyYogmayaTemple as well (see map). The court stayed in Mehrauli water to a second tank, in the centre of which sits a square pavilion for seven days; the men fl ew kites, swam in the baolis (step-wells) and in the that is supported on sixteen pillars, built by the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar (r. 1837–57). A third pavilion to the north of the ladies enjoyed the Hauz-e-Shamsi, engaged in cock fi ghting and wrestling; the enclosure built by the Mughal emperor Akbar II (r.1806–37), is seasonal showers in the mango orchards, on swings hung from the branches of mango rectangular in plan and is set against the wall of the enclosure. trees, enjoying the seasonal crop of mangoes and singing. Water no longer fl ows through the garden as it has been diverted The event became an annual festival, continuing even after Emperor Akbar II to a stream to the south-east of the complex. and reached its pinnacle during the reign of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. It was stopped by the British in 1942 during the Quit India Movement but was revived in 1961 by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as a symbol of 4. DARGAH OF QUTBUDDIN BAKHTIYAR KAKI 2. JAHAZ MAHAL communal harmony. Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Jahaz Mahal, so called because its refl ection in the water suggests the who lived during the reign Phoolwalon ki Sair, has now gained popularity as an inter-faith festival that image of a ship, is located on the north-eastern corner of Hauz-e- of Iltutmish (1210–36), Shamsi. It was built in the fi fteenth century, during the Lodi period, brings together both Hindus and Muslims, in secular celebration. Pankhas and died in Delhi in AD 1235. probably as a sarai (inn) for pilgrims who came to Delhi to visit the chaadars of fl owers are made at the Jharna and carried along the central street Bus Stand He was a scholar and a Muslim shrines. of Mehrauli village by both Muslims Parking disciple of Muinuddin This mahal (palace) has a rectangular courtyard at the centre with and Hindus. As was the tradition,the Chishti. Khwaja Qutbuddin chambers on the sides. Squinches adorn the domed chambers. The chaadars are offered at the Dargah whose original name western wall of the mahal has a mihrab (niche showing direction was Bakhtiyar and later of prayer)used as a private mosque. Bands of blue tiles adorn the of Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and Yogmaya Temple – also known as Jogmaya—is given the title Qutbuddin exterior and on the roof are six square chattris (pillared kiosks) the pankhas at the Yogmaya Temple.
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